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22nd General J J Singh Retreats From Shiromani Akali Dal :Resigns

Dec. 12 Defence, Politics Comments

[New Delhi]General J J Singh Retreats From Shiromani Akali Dal :Resigns
Former Army Chief J J Singh has resigned from Akali Dal citing personal reasons.
Singh, who also served as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, had joined the Akali Dal ahead of the Punjab assembly elections in early 2017 and had unsuccessfully contested against chief minister Amarinder Singh from the Patiala assembly constituency.
In his resignation letter to SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, he said he was resigning from the party for personal reasons.
Gen (retd) Singh was the first Sikh officer to become the army chief. He fought the 1965 and 1971 wars, apart from being among the architects of defeating Pakistani intruders in Kargil. He served as the 22nd Chief of the Indian Army from January 31, 2005, to September 30, 2007.

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